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it says that rommie has been laying a glove on obama and obama doesn't like it because he's convinced that he's right. when you are convinced you're that right, anybody who says you are wrong you have to dislike. >> do you think it's a good thing? >> look, it's the nature of american politics. people run around all day, and i've been in hundreds and hundreds of campaigns, they tell you, don't worry, it's not personal. trust me, it's always personal and this is personal. >> especially between the principles. >> you don't want to lose your job. the greatest job in the world, president of the united states. here is the guy who can take it away from you. >> even the fund-raising plan was this could be the last birthday i have in the white house. send me more money so i can have another birthday in the white house. >> they ought to be willing to lose to stand up for some of the things they believe in. >> nobody is prepared to do that. not a single congressman in this country. >> things you would do. >> all the data points to one simple conclusion is that people do anything not to lose. the
it says that rommie has been laying a glove on obama and obama doesn't like it because he's convinced that he's right. when you are convinced you're that right, anybody who says you are wrong you have to dislike. >> do you think it's a good thing? >> look, it's the nature of american politics. people run around all day, and i've been in hundreds and hundreds of campaigns, they tell you, don't worry, it's not personal. trust me, it's always personal and this is personal. >>...
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>> this is fantastic for the obama administration, for the obama campaign. it breaks the back of the mitt romney that forever we've had an unemployment rate over 8%. >> changes the conversation as well. >> changes the conversation and momentum mitt romney had coming out of that debate.
>> this is fantastic for the obama administration, for the obama campaign. it breaks the back of the mitt romney that forever we've had an unemployment rate over 8%. >> changes the conversation as well. >> changes the conversation and momentum mitt romney had coming out of that debate.
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he supports president obama. that's what they want to use him for. >> you don't think there will be dialing back or pulling back of president clinton. let me ask you a question about money. first time that republicans have outraised the democrats. governor romney raising 77 million and president obama raising 60 million. ed rendell said this the other day. i want to play a quick chunk. or not. where's my chunk? it's coming. wait. >> you said today that the president was going to be competitive. you wouldn't say he was going to win. why? >> i don't know he's going to win. i have this strange habit of trying to tell the truth when you ask me a question. i'm not sure he's going to win. he should win. >> okay. so let's talk about the money and let's talk about -- >> love the surrogates. >> putti intin inting them back. >> money is a big thing. >> is it janis joplin that sang a song for freedom is another word for nothing left to lose. i love politicians on both sides. truth of the matter is he doesn't know. it will b
he supports president obama. that's what they want to use him for. >> you don't think there will be dialing back or pulling back of president clinton. let me ask you a question about money. first time that republicans have outraised the democrats. governor romney raising 77 million and president obama raising 60 million. ed rendell said this the other day. i want to play a quick chunk. or not. where's my chunk? it's coming. wait. >> you said today that the president was going to be...
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for the last five years we have attacked president obama. we've investigated his childhood, where he went to school and church and what he ate as a kid and who he played with and everything of his life has been investigated and when it comes to mitt romney who bullied someone in a traumatic way but normal that he doesn't even remember it, people say we can't dig into people's past. >> he didn't say it was normal that he doesn't remember it. he says he doesn't remember. >> i find it troubling that everyone else remembers it and it was so traumatic to this kid and he doesn't even recall it. that's problematic to me. >> that's the end point this morning. "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. have great weekend, everybody. >> thanks, soledad. stories we're watching right now, found alive. the manhunt is over. dramic
for the last five years we have attacked president obama. we've investigated his childhood, where he went to school and church and what he ate as a kid and who he played with and everything of his life has been investigated and when it comes to mitt romney who bullied someone in a traumatic way but normal that he doesn't even remember it, people say we can't dig into people's past. >> he didn't say it was normal that he doesn't remember it. he says he doesn't remember. >> i find it...
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president obama rubbing elbows with 150 guests each donating 40 grand for the privilege. among them, barbara streisand, her husband and actor toby magui maguire. >> how many of the folks do you think were there for the president and how many were there for george clooney? >> you know what? the president actually said most of them were probably there for george clooney. >> he might be right about that. zoraida, thanks, appreciate it. >>> the family of army sergeant bo bergdahl so frustrated they are revealing potentially a secret deal between the united states and taliban for a prisoner swap, exchanging him for five prisoners held in guantanamo bay. an administration official is telling cnn they were trying to work out a sequence, moving two prisoners to a third qui like qatar and bergdahl would be released and the united states would let three other prisoners go. the negotiations stalled, prompted bergdahl's father so desperate he told the "new york times" the rhetoric is that we don't negotiate with terrorists and therefore what do we do? well you push it hard with every
president obama rubbing elbows with 150 guests each donating 40 grand for the privilege. among them, barbara streisand, her husband and actor toby magui maguire. >> how many of the folks do you think were there for the president and how many were there for george clooney? >> you know what? the president actually said most of them were probably there for george clooney. >> he might be right about that. zoraida, thanks, appreciate it. >>> the family of army sergeant bo...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? [ male announcer ] if you think all batteries are the same... consider this: when the unexpected happens, there's one brand of battery more emergency workers trust in their maglites: duracell. one reason: duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. so, whether it's 10 years' of life's sunny days... or... the occasional stormy one... trust goes a long way. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> it has been five, long difficult years since the final harry potter book. in all, seven harry porter books sold a staggering 450 million copies world wide. the movies gross modder than $7 billion worldwide making author jk rowling a very, very rich woman. >> a big change. today's new novel is on the shelves for adults -- "the casual vacancy," with the daily beast, the first to read the novel, sex scandal an
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obama sits down on "live! with kelly and michael" to talk about the spouses of the debate. >> i compared it to the olympic parents watching their kids on that balance beam. like, oh, you know. lots of clenching. >> you have to be conscious, because the camera's always on you. so in you're head, you've got to be going, get 'em, baby! get 'em! yeah, that's my man! >>> the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis that has claimed four more lives, a total of 19 deaths. 247 people across 15 states have been sickened. the outbreak has been traced to contaminated pain steroid made by a massachusetts pharmaceutical company. federal officials are investigating after raiding the company's facility on tuesday. >>> a deadly outbreak of e. coli in north carolina has been traced to a county fair. at least 61 people, including three dozen children became sick. health officials say one child has now died. they believe the source of this outbreak is the petting zoo, as e. coli is often spread from animals to humans. that's why
obama sits down on "live! with kelly and michael" to talk about the spouses of the debate. >> i compared it to the olympic parents watching their kids on that balance beam. like, oh, you know. lots of clenching. >> you have to be conscious, because the camera's always on you. so in you're head, you've got to be going, get 'em, baby! get 'em! yeah, that's my man! >>> the nationwide outbreak of fungal meningitis that has claimed four more lives, a total of 19...
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president obama said nope. different choices, auto industry, different choices, on going after osama bin laden, different choices. they have consequences in our life and consequences we as a nation and they'll have consequence as to what the future will be like. >> when you look at the polling, we had a conversation with joe klein. >> i like politics. i do politics. i'm going to say this, i love politics, i don't mind looking at polling but that's not all i look at. >> i realize that i like framing questions on what i think the direction a poll was going. joe klein said the electorate is 70% white and a problem maybe the big tent that is diverse. if you look in the convention hall, very diverse -- >> the one in tampa -- >> not so diverse, everybody would agree on that. white voters who are leaning obama, 39%, white voters leaning romney, 57%. how do you get them back? >> first of all, as somebody who again spent time with polling and also the goal doesn't say how to get the white voters back. i think the presid
president obama said nope. different choices, auto industry, different choices, on going after osama bin laden, different choices. they have consequences in our life and consequences we as a nation and they'll have consequence as to what the future will be like. >> when you look at the polling, we had a conversation with joe klein. >> i like politics. i do politics. i'm going to say this, i love politics, i don't mind looking at polling but that's not all i look at. >> i...
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president obama, the real president obama, is going to be campaigning in d.c. today. and a new memo that's been obtained by cnn shows that the romney campaign is apparently trying to lower expectations for the presidential debate. the first debate, of course is on wednesday. and in that memo romney adviser beth myers tells campaign surrogates there are several reasons that she believes the president will be likely to win the first debate, including this reason. here's a quote. this will be the eighth one-on-one presidential debate of his political career. for mitt romney, it will be his first. let's get right to congressman tim murphy, republican from pennsylvania. he's a romney campaign surrogate. nice to see you, sir. thank you for talking with us, appreciate it. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> thank you. i'm always very concerned on both sides in the campaign when they start saying really nice things about each other. everybody's been complimenting the other person's ability to do debates and highlighting the experience, and the -- the intrinsic ability th
president obama, the real president obama, is going to be campaigning in d.c. today. and a new memo that's been obtained by cnn shows that the romney campaign is apparently trying to lower expectations for the presidential debate. the first debate, of course is on wednesday. and in that memo romney adviser beth myers tells campaign surrogates there are several reasons that she believes the president will be likely to win the first debate, including this reason. here's a quote. this will be the...
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let's get right to jen psaki, she's the obama campaign traveling press secretary also the former obama white house deputy communications director. jen, nice to have you with us. >> good morning. >> let's talk about what's been happening overseas. you just heard a report, several reports sort of detailing some of that violence. six american military killed in a weekend of violence. so what is the -- what is the u.s. plan to deal with these protests and deal with what seems to be escalating violence? >> well, first soledad, any president of any party is going to be dealing with crisis. that's part of the job. and the president, i spent some time with him on the campaign trail last week when he was dealing with this and he was on conference calls and receiving briefings constantly while we were out traveling. and his primary focus right now is in ensuring the security of the people who are serving abroad. whether that's the military or diplomats serving in the embassies. and that's what he's working very closely with his team on right now. >> right. but that doesn't really answer my quest
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let's look at president obama. he, for the most part, was not very aggressive, to say the least, when it came to challenging governor romney on some of the specifics. but there was a moment where he tried on the issue of health care and on the issue of his economic plan. watch this. >> he says that he's going to close deductions and loopholes for his tax plan. that's how it's going to be paid for. but we don't know the details. he says that he's going to, uh, replace dodd-frank, wall street reform. we don't know exactly which ones. he won't tell us. now he says he's going to replace obamacare and assure that all the good things that are in it are going to be in there and you don't have to worry. and at some point, i think the american people have to ask themselves, is the reason that governor romney is keeping all these plans to replace secret because they're too good? >> now a big part of debate prep and of getting ready for this -- in fact, brett, i talked to you about this before the debate itself, because you h
let's look at president obama. he, for the most part, was not very aggressive, to say the least, when it came to challenging governor romney on some of the specifics. but there was a moment where he tried on the issue of health care and on the issue of his economic plan. watch this. >> he says that he's going to close deductions and loopholes for his tax plan. that's how it's going to be paid for. but we don't know the details. he says that he's going to, uh, replace dodd-frank, wall...
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in this case, defeating president obama. he's been a disaster as a president in terms of his handling of the economy, he's been somebody who has disappointed us with all of these broken promises, his achievement. from his perspective of health care reform is probably unconstitutional and going to be removed. and so, of course, the president is trying to distract americans and voters from his own record which is nonexistent or bad in trying to get people focused on some old comments by newt gingrich. i think shortly, newt will be supporting and endorsing and encouraging governor romney because he's a far better candidate and will be a far better president than president obama. >> we'll see how that change of position goes. tim pawlenty, thanks for talking with us. >> okay. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," mitt romney's openly gay spokesperson quits. he says the attention that was paid to him became too much. we're going to talk also to the former head of the cia's clandestine se
in this case, defeating president obama. he's been a disaster as a president in terms of his handling of the economy, he's been somebody who has disappointed us with all of these broken promises, his achievement. from his perspective of health care reform is probably unconstitutional and going to be removed. and so, of course, the president is trying to distract americans and voters from his own record which is nonexistent or bad in trying to get people focused on some old comments by newt...
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he met with president obama yesterday. then he went to talk with wolf blitzer who asked if he would support the president's plan of bringing the rates back up on the wealthiest americans. let's listen. >> if that's what it took to make the math work i wouldn't preclude that if the numbers drive that way. >> he says maybe a tax rate increase should be part of a deal. can't it be part of a deal? not the whole deal but part of it? >> i met with a number of the same business leaders that met with the president yesterday. we took a look at the entire picture of the spending cuts, dealing with medicare, social security. dealing with the issue of tax revenue. you need to have all of these things on the table if you're going to get a solution that sends a credible signal to the markets, not just here but around the world that we are seriously dealing with our debt. unless you focus on the big drivers which are the entitlements with it coming baby boom generation hitting social security and medicare age we can't solve the problems
he met with president obama yesterday. then he went to talk with wolf blitzer who asked if he would support the president's plan of bringing the rates back up on the wealthiest americans. let's listen. >> if that's what it took to make the math work i wouldn't preclude that if the numbers drive that way. >> he says maybe a tax rate increase should be part of a deal. can't it be part of a deal? not the whole deal but part of it? >> i met with a number of the same business...
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the president mentions first lady, michelle obama, in a speech. the audience, though, completely misinterprets the joke he's making. we'll show what happened straight ahead. >>> also one on one with jill biden, the second lady of the united states. she weighs in on her husband's reputations for gaffes, including what she thought of the "snl" skit that was hilarious and made fun of him. do you see it ? there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure cl
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president obama is leaving new hampshire before mitt romney and paul ryan arrive. his campaign is still facing some attacks over the comments the vice president, joe biden, made last wednesday which suggested that mitt romney and paul ryan would put audience members, quote, back in chains. all that brings us to christine o'donnell, a form er republican senate candidate from delaware. she is organizing a troublemaker fest during the republican national convention. it's aimed at young voters. it's nice to see you. thanks for talking with us this morning. why do you call it a troublemaker fest? >> why, did you say? >> why? i can kind of guess but would love to hear why you call it a troublemaker fest. >> that's a great question. in the '60s young people, young radicals were called the troublemakers and they were challenging the policies of the establishment. and that's exactly what we see happening here. throughout my campaign and the years following i've been around so many young people who are genuine troublemakers who are challenging the establishment. however, the
president obama is leaving new hampshire before mitt romney and paul ryan arrive. his campaign is still facing some attacks over the comments the vice president, joe biden, made last wednesday which suggested that mitt romney and paul ryan would put audience members, quote, back in chains. all that brings us to christine o'donnell, a form er republican senate candidate from delaware. she is organizing a troublemaker fest during the republican national convention. it's aimed at young voters....
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president obama says it is another route to outsourging. here's what he said. >> we have not found any serious economic study that says governor romney's economic plan would actually create jobs. until today. i've got to be honest. today, we found out that there's a new study out by nonpartisan economists that says governor romn romney's economic plan would in fact create 800,000 jobs. there's only one problem. the jobs wouldn't be in america. >> is that true? will it create jobs? will the jobs not be in america? here to help us sort it out is steve blitz with itg investment research. chief economist there. nice to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> let's start with what the president just said. and you could tell he was teeing up for a turn, a joke almost, you know. 800,000 jobs. but the jobs wouldn't be here. that's been the big slam on this territorial tax. that it's basically outsourcing. is that in fact correct? >> you know, it's really -- this is so typical of the campaign to be sitting here discussing so
president obama says it is another route to outsourging. here's what he said. >> we have not found any serious economic study that says governor romney's economic plan would actually create jobs. until today. i've got to be honest. today, we found out that there's a new study out by nonpartisan economists that says governor romn romney's economic plan would in fact create 800,000 jobs. there's only one problem. the jobs wouldn't be in america. >> is that true? will it create jobs?...
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ceos were optimistic about their 90-minute meeting with president obama yesterday. walmart ceo mike duke in a statement urging a solution to the fiscal cliff. he says this, "our customers are working hard to adapt to the new normal, but their confidence is still very fragile. they're shopping for christmas now and they don't need uncertainty over a tax increase." and it's interesting, because insiders, inside the beltway, are starting to say, well, it's more like a slope, it's not a cliff. >> i think mike duke is right. it's a cliff. >> it's a cliff if you're going to get a tax increase in your first paycheck next year. it's a cliff if you're not going to get your payroll tax holiday, which is 20 bucks a month. it's a cliff if you're living paycheck to paycheck, which is what mike duke is saying. >> and if you're trying to decide, do i buy my kid a bike or not? >> and weapon don't know how the market would react if they push this a week or two weeks in. it's playing with fire. >> we'll keep talking about the fiscal cliff. because we're on day number 47 or something
ceos were optimistic about their 90-minute meeting with president obama yesterday. walmart ceo mike duke in a statement urging a solution to the fiscal cliff. he says this, "our customers are working hard to adapt to the new normal, but their confidence is still very fragile. they're shopping for christmas now and they don't need uncertainty over a tax increase." and it's interesting, because insiders, inside the beltway, are starting to say, well, it's more like a slope, it's not a...
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obama, we know where he stands on that. i think he is a lot less friendly than a lot of people on wall street think he is, but this is definitely the election is over. let's get down to business. this is serious. we're all going to get hurt one way or another. let's all come together. >> who thought we would be saying hallelujah, lloyd blankfein this morning. >> exactly. >> ali, thank you. appreciate it. >>> will that leave nancy pelosi to step down as minority leader or leave her deciding to stay as minority leader? we'll be chatting with patty murray. that's next. >>> outrage after a victoria secret model wears a headdress on the runway. what the company is saying about that, next. again? it's embarrassing it's embarrassing! we can see you carl. we can totally see you. come on you're better than this...all that prowling around. yeah, you're the king of the jungle. have you thought about going vegan carl? hahaha!! you know folks who save hundreds of dollars by switching to geico sure are happy. how happy are they jimmy? ha
obama, we know where he stands on that. i think he is a lot less friendly than a lot of people on wall street think he is, but this is definitely the election is over. let's get down to business. this is serious. we're all going to get hurt one way or another. let's all come together. >> who thought we would be saying hallelujah, lloyd blankfein this morning. >> exactly. >> ali, thank you. appreciate it. >>> will that leave nancy pelosi to step down as minority leader...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. you're watching "starting point". >>> ann romney says her husband has a routine before he walks on the stage, before any political debate, he takes his watch off, puts it on the podium, find where she's sitting and writes the word "dad" on a piece of paper. she told gloria borger why. >> he loves his dad, respects his dad. doesn't want to do anything that would not make his father proud. >> mit
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president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck. i think they're both at 45% with a margin of error of 3%, plus or minus. how do you -- what do you read into that poll? >> well, let's just back up. harry truman used to say the only thing that's new in the world the history forgotten or never learned. go back to the week after obama and biden became president and vice president. last week, something like 380,000 people filed for unemployment insurance. compared to where we were, we're doing pretty good. >> but the complaint is not doing enough, not doing it fast enough, that everybody expected the job growth would be much faster and stronger especially with all the stimulus money put in. >> again, the underlying economics are actually quite good. we can't do a whole lot about europe. number two, we can't -- let's focus on the things that we can do something about. hitting singles. putting in place a whole bunch of things that strengthen the economic recovery. i've mentioned those already. number three, why wait until december to cont
president obama and mitt romney are neck and neck. i think they're both at 45% with a margin of error of 3%, plus or minus. how do you -- what do you read into that poll? >> well, let's just back up. harry truman used to say the only thing that's new in the world the history forgotten or never learned. go back to the week after obama and biden became president and vice president. last week, something like 380,000 people filed for unemployment insurance. compared to where we were, we're...
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there is no secret about the obama administration's position on this issue. i don't see why the president saying it, the attorney general saying it, the solicitor general saying it -- >> it calls into question the legitimacy of their decision. not the disagreement but the legitimacy to make their decision. >> he didn't say anything about the legitimacy. he said my interpretation of the law is the following. he is an american citizen and can express his opinion. >> bigger picture. what is really a political statement at a press conference becoming sort of a judicial statement? right? shouldn't the two of them really -- >> i think what i have devoted my career to attempting to prove is that the line between law and politics is essentially nonexistent. when you have cases like this, when you have cases like abortion, affirmative action, these are essentially political decisions being made by individuals who wear black robes, but they are, in essence, political decisions. and i think the more we recognize that and the more we eliminate this artificial line, this
there is no secret about the obama administration's position on this issue. i don't see why the president saying it, the attorney general saying it, the solicitor general saying it -- >> it calls into question the legitimacy of their decision. not the disagreement but the legitimacy to make their decision. >> he didn't say anything about the legitimacy. he said my interpretation of the law is the following. he is an american citizen and can express his opinion. >> bigger...
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>> clearly the contrast is in president obama, that was the point the obama team was trying to make. i think not well yesterday, and the fact is that, from the time governor romney took office to the time he left office there was net job growth in the commonwealth of massachusetts. that's a fact. i don't think anybody is disputing that fact. when president obama took office to the present there's been net job loss, so i mean, i think that's a happy contrast and i think if president obama had anything positive to say about his record, as you said five months out from the election he'd be talking about that. as an incumbent president you'd think you want to talk about the things you've accomplished, look what i've done and here's what else i want to do and give me that opportunity. he doesn't have that record to run on. it's a dismal record, the debt issue, the downgrade in the bond rating for the united states, the first time any president's presided over that. that's not something you're going to run on. >> certainly you're not going to blame that on the president, that was a congres
>> clearly the contrast is in president obama, that was the point the obama team was trying to make. i think not well yesterday, and the fact is that, from the time governor romney took office to the time he left office there was net job growth in the commonwealth of massachusetts. that's a fact. i don't think anybody is disputing that fact. when president obama took office to the present there's been net job loss, so i mean, i think that's a happy contrast and i think if president obama...
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he said kill obama care dead on the first day. where does that leave the millions of people who have pre-existing conditions in this country? is he going to allow insurance companies to continue to discriminate against women and charge them $1 billion more a year for their health insurance? all the public polling shows that the american people do not want to see the affordable care act repealed. mitt romney has presented no alternative. the republican leadership senator mcconnell has proposed no alternative. and then he will have to explain how he's going to have to deal with this issue. >> right. >> ben, it's ryan, how are you doing this morning? >> doing well. >> i wanted to go back to something soledad said there when she was pressing you on the government's argument before the supreme court. chief justice roberts pressed your solicitor general or the obama solicitor general on this issue, really had an opportunity to say this was a penalty but instead he said chief justice, this is administered by the irs. they talked about ho
he said kill obama care dead on the first day. where does that leave the millions of people who have pre-existing conditions in this country? is he going to allow insurance companies to continue to discriminate against women and charge them $1 billion more a year for their health insurance? all the public polling shows that the american people do not want to see the affordable care act repealed. mitt romney has presented no alternative. the republican leadership senator mcconnell has proposed...
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and it's the power obama has. i do not have -- but more importantly, i am tired of manufacturing outrage. i mean, really -- >> he's outraged. i'm not outraged. >> manufacturing outrage. >> he is not mr. outrage. >> you just said now i'm outraged. you just said as a woman you're outraged. talk about manufactured. >> it is not a big point. this is not what we should be focusing on. it's the same thing, i'm a big fan of sirva silverman, i loved how she was talking to grandmothers in florida and using her own sense of humor. this was something living likeish- >> i have-ish. >> is this because -- >> it is not a terrible show. the show is so great. what are you talking about? >> oh, gosh. >> because you're not a girl! they don't care what you think of your show because you're not a girl. this show is amazing. i did an interview with lena dunh dunham, i'm going to tweet it out. she's very interesting young woman. >> look. will i agree everybody has a different way to rally their base. she's trying to do that. >> she's us
and it's the power obama has. i do not have -- but more importantly, i am tired of manufacturing outrage. i mean, really -- >> he's outraged. i'm not outraged. >> manufacturing outrage. >> he is not mr. outrage. >> you just said now i'm outraged. you just said as a woman you're outraged. talk about manufactured. >> it is not a big point. this is not what we should be focusing on. it's the same thing, i'm a big fan of sirva silverman, i loved how she was talking to...
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president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. ♪ ♪ we're lucky, it's not every day you find a companion as loyal as a subaru. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ >>> welcome back, everybody. you're watching "starting point." our team this morning, charles blow is a "new york times" columnist joining us. richard socarides with us, a writer for thenewyorker.com. will cain. we've got john berman to stick around. our get real. honestly, this is kind of making me mad. i got to tell you. outrage, will cain, outraged. >> thank you. >> it's friday. >> a little dig there. >> will you hit him for me? >> that's not a very -- >> sometimes when you
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president obama wants to take us in the right direction. he wants to stop teachers from being laid off. he wants to take advantage of a moment with 2% interest rates, less than 2% interest rates, with construction unemployment in excess of 15% to fix the nation's schools, to build the nation's infrastructure. he wants to support the federal reserve in keeping interest rates down, not try to undermine the independence of the federal reserve. he wants to facilitate for all the people who can meet their obligations, bringing down the mortgage rates by making available refinancing. candidate romney has resisted that. and president obama wants to maintain low taxes for people who are about to spend the money and inject it back into the economy, and governor romney wants to go in the opposite direction. i think if there's a clear mandate in this election for the approach we're taking, that there will be a recognition in congress of the need to take further steps, and president obama has shown with the last year, with the measures he's taken with
president obama wants to take us in the right direction. he wants to stop teachers from being laid off. he wants to take advantage of a moment with 2% interest rates, less than 2% interest rates, with construction unemployment in excess of 15% to fix the nation's schools, to build the nation's infrastructure. he wants to support the federal reserve in keeping interest rates down, not try to undermine the independence of the federal reserve. he wants to facilitate for all the people who can meet...
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mitt romney was talking about obama care. here's what he said in his speech. >> the president said the other day that he didn't know that obama care was hard for small business. oh, really? the chamber of commerce carried out a survey, some 1500 businesses across america, 75% of those people surveyed said obama care made it less likely for them to hire people. think of that. >> i thought it was a little strange, no one cites a chamber of commerce survey. i know when you were working in administration and campaigns, you lived and died by the surveys, but 1500 seems very small when there's something like 28 million small businesses in the country. >> it does. >> and chamber of commerce doesn't do official surveys. >> this to me -- mitt romney is a guy who's always going to give us his citations, he's very deliberate and analytical and wants us to know he's not speaking of political hyperbole. >> a chamber of commerce is respected voice for business in america. they have a reputation totally void of politics nationally in washin
mitt romney was talking about obama care. here's what he said in his speech. >> the president said the other day that he didn't know that obama care was hard for small business. oh, really? the chamber of commerce carried out a survey, some 1500 businesses across america, 75% of those people surveyed said obama care made it less likely for them to hire people. think of that. >> i thought it was a little strange, no one cites a chamber of commerce survey. i know when you were working...
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obama versus clinton. they are both up for a grammy in the best spoken word album. >>> 2, 1. >> the first lady joined her husband to light the 28-foot blue spruce christmas tree. it was transplanted days before hurricane sandy before made it. in case you're wondering, this year's white house holiday card is all about bo. the card was designed by an iowa artist and dog lover. that's too cute. >> you can't go wrong if you put your pets or your kids on a card. >> do you put yourself? >> never. >> just kids? >> just kids. >> the white house christmas card is a big deal. when you're on the white house staff, you get a special version of it. people frame it. this is a beautiful card. i love it. >> our team this morning weigh in on the important topic of the annual christmas card for the white house. will cain, cnn contributor. richard socarides, a writer for new yorker.com. this is kind of a disgusting story about snake hunts. not snakes on a plane exactly, but more like this. >> enough is enough. i have had it
obama versus clinton. they are both up for a grammy in the best spoken word album. >>> 2, 1. >> the first lady joined her husband to light the 28-foot blue spruce christmas tree. it was transplanted days before hurricane sandy before made it. in case you're wondering, this year's white house holiday card is all about bo. the card was designed by an iowa artist and dog lover. that's too cute. >> you can't go wrong if you put your pets or your kids on a card. >> do you...
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it is nothing to do with obama care. >> though the point remains obama care is what is on the table. that is what is going to affect americans. it is what has increased the cost of insurance for all of our small business employers. i hear from people every single day that complain about the cost of insurance going up and the amount that it is going up every single day. >> congresswoman, if i may, if i may -- >> that's the issue. >> if i may, i want to move on and ask you about one other thing. as we talk about so many of these ads here, elections are a couple months away and it is getting interesting. i want to talk about a romney ad, not a super pac ad, work restrictions when it comes to welfare and we know the former speaker of the house is very much so supportive here of mitt romney and he spoke with anderson cooper last night. listen to this. >> you do think the actual wording under obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work, you wouldn't have to train for a job, they just send you a welfare check and that is not factually correct. >> we have no proof today, but i would say to you u
it is nothing to do with obama care. >> though the point remains obama care is what is on the table. that is what is going to affect americans. it is what has increased the cost of insurance for all of our small business employers. i hear from people every single day that complain about the cost of insurance going up and the amount that it is going up every single day. >> congresswoman, if i may, if i may -- >> that's the issue. >> if i may, i want to move on and ask you...
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obama won 52% in '08. he's now up to 60% of those women in the latest abc/"the washington post" poll. other polls show they are moving sharply toward him. that's where the damage has been and where the biggest challenge is for republicans in the female vote between now and november. >> that's why all of this is framed as a war on women or a war against women so then hillary rosen, who has been on this program a caouple times, talked to anderson cooper last night about mitt romney's economic policies and this is what she told him. listen. >> what you have is mitt romney running around the country saying my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues. when i listen to my wife, that's what i'm hearing. guess what? his wife has actually never worked a day in her life. she's never really dealt with the kinds of economic issues that a majority of the women in this country are facing in terms of how do we feed our kids, how do we send them to school? how do we -- why do we worry about the
obama won 52% in '08. he's now up to 60% of those women in the latest abc/"the washington post" poll. other polls show they are moving sharply toward him. that's where the damage has been and where the biggest challenge is for republicans in the female vote between now and november. >> that's why all of this is framed as a war on women or a war against women so then hillary rosen, who has been on this program a caouple times, talked to anderson cooper last night about mitt...
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in 2008 they voted for obama. in early 2010, they were a little more divided. by november 2010, they were decidedly republican. >> i was wondering if mitt romney and paul ryan and josh mandel can count on your vote in this election. like sarah, who is now a romney ohio volunteer. >> he let me down. i was very, very hopeful that he was going to be the guy to turn everything around in america and make everything better and he just -- his words were empty. >> reporter: but romney may have only himself to blame if more white clamiddle class moms side with obama. offended, she says, by romney's 47% remark. >> i think i heard it on an obama ad and then i googled it. i feel like he's out of touch with what everybody's going through. i mean, ohio is one of the hardest places hit. >> reporter: it hit home because the wiseman fami got government help while husband, ray, was unemployed for a bit. >> my reaction to what he said was, that's me. he's talking about me. >> reporter: three teenagers and a husband who just found work two hours away shaped sharon's politics. and
in 2008 they voted for obama. in early 2010, they were a little more divided. by november 2010, they were decidedly republican. >> i was wondering if mitt romney and paul ryan and josh mandel can count on your vote in this election. like sarah, who is now a romney ohio volunteer. >> he let me down. i was very, very hopeful that he was going to be the guy to turn everything around in america and make everything better and he just -- his words were empty. >> reporter: but romney...
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president obama should denounce them. and some of the words that republicans are using, we should step in and say this is not where we want to be as a country. we're a great country. our political system is great also. it's just we get bogged down in words sometimes. we need to talk about jobs and what's really going on with this country and how we move forward to be the great country that we are. >> frank swetweets us every sin de day here on "starting point." >>> and "end point." poppy, you start us off. >> you just talked to joe arpaio, and he said he thinks we can have a debate about immigration and not be political. but it's about money. the state budget, the federal budget is strapped. it's about who and what you're going to give money to. and that is political. >> i thought the most interesting thing about the arizona interview was that we litigated this with arizona, all the way to the supreme court, and the supreme court ruled that arizona could not set immigration policy. just a couple of months ago. and they ar
president obama should denounce them. and some of the words that republicans are using, we should step in and say this is not where we want to be as a country. we're a great country. our political system is great also. it's just we get bogged down in words sometimes. we need to talk about jobs and what's really going on with this country and how we move forward to be the great country that we are. >> frank swetweets us every sin de day here on "starting point." >>> and...